Fake E-Mails about iPhone 5 Target Windows Users with Trojan

The iPhone 5 product of Apple will soon get released globally. Exploiting this news are cyber-criminals who're trying to infect Windows computers with malware, published NakedSecurity in news dated October 3, 2011.

Actually during the recent time, security researchers detected a spam mail, which boar the caption, "iPhone 5G S has been released." It also carried a replica of the iPhone 5S, while the text of the e-mail had grammatical errors as it stated that the iPhone was being introduced which allowed a user to do more unlike before as also do it at an astonishingly rapid speed.

The e-mail's appearance wasn't very much like an Apple message compared to the most recent attempt although the greater part of the message construction resembled it. And if the e-mail was opened, users wouldn't have the iPhone 5 in view, instead they'd get a sinister Trojan named Mal/Zapchas-A.

The non availability of the iPhone as promised should immediately set alarm to the e-mail recipient, but if that person gets too curious he could well order for the instrument and receive it by 'Friday.' But clicking the web-link to place the order can solely infect his PC with the Mal/Zapchas-A malware.

Sophos points out that the Trojan infects none other than Windows PCs. At this point, incase end-users truly wish to view the new iPhone 5's pictures they'll gladly post the leaks and replicas.

In the current year (2011), Windows operators have by now been attacked with bogus e-mails related to the iPhone 5. However, those e-mails reflected to be still more impractical as they displayed an in-built keyboard.

Security researchers state that when Apple declares its products, they always make the top news. At such instances, it's also always probable that cyber-criminals will attempt at cashing in on people's interest in the items.

Moreover as per Sophos, it's since June 2011 that iPhone 5G has already hit the headlines and during this period it has been proliferating the same Windows Trojan through spam mails supposedly from Apple.

Hence according to specialists, users require being careful while following web-links within e-mails since they may lead onto malevolent files.

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